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Sweet problems: insect traits defining the limits to dietary sugar utilisation by the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum by Douglas, A E, Price, D R G, Minto, L B, Jones, E, Pescod, K V, François, C L M J, Pritchard, J, Boonham, N

“…Plant phloem sap is an extreme diet for animals, partly because of its high and variable sugar content. The physiological and feeding traits of the pea aphid…”
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Quantifying nutrient production by the microbial symbionts in an aphid by Douglas, A E, Minto, L B, Wilkinson, T L

“…The symbiotic bacteria Buchnera sp. provide aphids with essential amino acids, nutrients in short supply in the aphid diet of plant phloem sap. The…”
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The impact of host plant on the abundance and function of symbiotic bacteria in an aphid by Wilkinson, T L, Adams, D, Minto, L B, Douglas, A E

“…The black-bean aphid Aphis fabae bears populations of coccoid symbiotic bacteria Buchnera spp. at 2.0-3.2 x 10(7)cells mg(-1)aphid mass and rod-shaped…”
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Microbial Genotype and Insect Fitness in an Aphid-Bacterial Symbiosis by Birkle, L. M., Minto, L. B., Walters, K. F. A., Douglas, A. E.

“…1. The impact of the genotype of symbiotic micro-organisms on ecologically important traits of their animal hosts was explored using the symbiosis between…”
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Relating genotype and phenotype for tryptophan synthesis in an aphid-bacterial symbiosis by Birkle, L. M., Minto, L. B., Douglas, A. E.

“… The symbiotic bacteria Buchnera provide their aphid hosts with tryptophan and other essential amino acids. Tryptophan production by Buchnera varied among 12…”
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Facultative 'secondary' bacterial symbionts and the nutrition of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum by DOUGLAS, A.E, FRANÇOIS, C.L.M.J, MINTO, L.B

“…Facultative 'secondary' bacterial symbionts influence various traits of aphids, including plant utilization patterns and resistance to parasitoids. The present…”
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Amino acids as respiratory substrates in aphids: an analysis of Aphis fabae reared on plants and diets by Wilkinson, T. L., Minto, L. B., Douglas, A. E.

“… The fate of radioactively labelled amino acids injected into the haemolymph of the aphid Aphis fabae was investigated. Radioactivity from each of…”
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